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Sewers - does this seem feasible?
So, we will be moving DS from a crib to his full bed soon. I had a bed skirt for his crib, but I don't want it to go to waste, since we aren't changing his room theme. I was wondering if it would be feasible to make a full bedskirt out of the crib bedskirt. Since his bed would be pushed up against 2 walls, only 2 of the sides would technically "need" a bedskirt (for show). Could I pull the crib skirt apart and use a full white sheet and piece together the (decorative) skirts along the long side and one short side? It sounds easy enough - but was wondering if anyone has done anything like that? I would need to be careful when putting on the mattress since the other side wouldn't be weighted with a skirt, but I dont think it would move after the mattress is set in place.
Also - if you have a DS - do you have a bed skirt - or is that moreso for a girl's room?
Re: Sewers - does this seem feasible?
I think it is doable and a great idea. What might be the easiest for you to do is to get a plain white bed sheet skirt and line up the crib skirt trim over it on the one (or two) side(s). If it is long enough (length-wise) you can stitch it as a layer on top of the bedskirt side where you want it to show. Use baste stitches (maybe 2 rows 1/4" apart from each other, parallel to each other) and when you are ready to change up the room you can still use the white bedskirt by simply pulling out the baste stitches without any damage to the original bedskirt.
To make for clean edges, line up the right sides of the bedskirt and trim, going in opposite directions so that after you stitch, you fold the trim down overlapping the white skirt, so the raw edge of the trim is tucked under. Then press it so you have a clean flat edge over the baste stitch seam(s).
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Alternatively, if don't tuck the flat sheet in on the mattress and will let it hide the top edge of the crib sheet skirt, you could just cut that part off the crib sheet, hem the top edge down so it's not all crazy and frayed, and then either staple or use these pins to pin it to the box spring: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?sku=10995680&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shopping
Those pins would help with your sheet idea too - they help keep the bedskirt anchored in place, which I find necessary on M's twin bed because her mattress is so light it moves aroud a lot.
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
AND I like bedskirts on boys' and girls' beds. I just wouldn't have a frilly lacy one on a boy's bed and would use something like this:
http://www.target.com/Tailored-14-Bedskirt-White/dp/B002RRNOVG
They help keep dust bunnies from collecting under the bed.
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Yes, it can be done. My mom made DD's crib bedding and when we moved her to a twin-sized daybed she was able to rework the crib skirt on 2 sides. I can't find a "before" pic but I think there was a pleat on the front of the crib skirt. The pattern on the fabric didn't match up so she couldn't just piece it together. She ended up adding 2 pleats to the front, and I'm pretty sure there's a pleat on the shorter side too. (The pleats help hide the fact that it was all pieced together.)
Here's a crappy cell-phone pic. Please ignore the horrendous lighting, the colors are bright but not quite so garish in person
BUT this is on a twin bed. I'm not sure how much fabric it would take for a full.
I don't have anything to contribute other than I saw the word "sewers" and read it as the sewers in the street and not sewers as in seamstresses... yeah... it's been a long, hard, week.
Haha - yeah, i guess I should have said "Seamstresses", but that just sounded strange. Sewers probably sounds worse, though!
Weezers - thanks for posting the pic - I think we will likely do pleats, too. I am guessing the length of the bed is the same for twin vs. full, but the width is just slightly wider. I'll have to make sure I have enough for the two sides.